Closed Meeting: Child Seminar: Childhood Trauma from Developmental and Psychodynamic Perspectives

Please note this meeting is closed to the public. Child candidates at NYPSI, Columbia and PANY are expected to attend.

Advanced Seminar in Child and Adolescent Analysis:

“Childhood Trauma: Clinical Vignettes and Didactic Discussion of Trauma from Developmental and Psychodynamic Perspectives”

Thursday, November 17, 2022

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm (EST)

Please note this meeting will be held virtually on ZOOM. Registrants will receive ZOOM link.

Presenters: Stephanie Brandt, M.D. and Kelly Champion, Ph.D.

Too commonly we see individuals who have suffered from trauma during childhood. As therapists who see children and adolescents as well as adults, we need to understand this phenomenon from many perspectives.  Three brief clinical case vignettes of children and adolescents who have suffered from trauma will be presented to lead us into an examination of the general topic of childhood trauma and how to understand it.  How do we recognize this in our work with patients? How do we understand trauma’s signs and impact given the developmental phases during which it occurs?  What methods do we use to treat the impact of trauma on the individual while also supporting the families?

2 Contact Hours. 2 CME/CE credits offered. See details below.

Stephanie Brandt, M.D. is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. She is a Faculty member, Chair of the Ethics Committee, and a Child and Adolescent Supervising Psychoanalyst at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. She is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College. She has a private practice in Manhattan and also works with certain forensic cases both nationally and internationally.

Kelly Champion, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist as well as a forensic psychologist actively practicing in both areas. She works with national organizations to reduce the impact of trauma and violence on children through advocacy, prevention, education, and clinical intervention. She has published research in peer-reviewed journals on school bullying, child psychopathology, professional training, child maltreatment, and parenting and, she has presented at international, national, and local conferences.

1. Describe the common clinical impact of trauma on children and their development.
2. List the signs of trauma in children during different phases of development
3. Describe various ways to treat trauma when working with children and adults